Best Latex Editor Mac



  • Mou is a Markdown editor for developers who use Mac OS X. It’s highly customizable but remains lightweight. Like other editors on this list, it comes with a live preview of your markdown, themes, live word counts, and a bunch of optional features. Mou is currently in the early beta stage with more features in development.
  • Properties of TeX editors 1 Name Editing style Native operating systems Latest stable version Costs License Configurable Integrated viewer; AUCTeX: Source Linux, macOS, Windows (2019-10-30) 12.2 Free GPL: Yes Yes Authorea: Source / partial-WYSIWYG: Online N/A Free Proprietary: Yes Yes Auto-Latex Equations for Google Docs: Source: Online.

Best Latex Tool For Mac

TeXShop is a TeX previewer for Mac OS X, written in Cocoa. Since pdf is a native file format on OS X, TeXShop uses 'pdftex' and 'pdflatex' rather than 'tex' and 'latex' to typeset; these programs. What is the best Mac OSX LaTeX editor? I've been searching around and I have reached no strong conclusion. On Linux I used Kile, on Windows I used Texmaker but I was never a fan of it, it's cross-platform and it's also available to OSX, but I was looking for something more native, lightweight and fast.

Tables of editor properties[edit]

Editor
Properties of TeX editors 1
NameEditing style[Note 1]Native operating systemsLatest stable versionCostsLicenseConfigurableIntegrated viewer
AUCTeXSourceLinux, macOS, Windows(2019-10-30) 12.2FreeGPLYesYes
AuthoreaSource / partial-WYSIWYGOnlineN/AFreeProprietaryYesYes
Auto-Latex Equations for Google DocsSource[Note 2]Online(2020-04-06) 48FreeFreeYesYes
CoCalcSourceOnlineN/AFreeAGPLYesYes
GNOME LaTeXSourceLinux(2019-03-10) 3.32FreeGPLYesNo
GummiSourceLinux(2020-01-26) 0.8.1FreeMITYesYes (Live update)
KileSourceLinux (macOS, Windows)[Note 3](2012-09-23) 2.1.3FreeGPLYesYes (Quick preview)
LEdSourceWindows(2009-10-09) 0.53FreeProprietary?Yes (dvi)
LyXWYSIWYMLinux, macOS, Windows(2019-06-25) 2.3.3FreeGPLYesYes
MeWaSourceWindows(2007-06-06) 1.4.0FreeGPLYesNo
Notepad++SourceWindows(2019-10-29) 7.8.1FreeGPLYesNo, but can be integrated [Note 4]
OverleafSourceOnlineN/AFreeUnclearYesYes
Scientific WorkPlaceWYSIWYMWindows(2016-02-23) 6.0.12Non-freeProprietaryYesYes
TexLabSource-WYSIWYGWindows(2019-04-30) 7.8FreeFreeYesYes
TeXmacsWYSIWYGLinux, macOS, Windows(2020-11-2) 1.99.16FreeGPLYesYes
TexmakerSourceLinux, macOS, Windows(2018-11-01) 5.0.3FreeGPL2YesYes
TeXnicCenterSourceWindows2.02 Stable (September 29, 2013) [±]FreeGPLYesNo
TeXShopSourcemacOS(2019-10-23) 4.44FreeGPLYesYes
TeXstudioSourceLinux, Windows, macOS(2020-09-01) 3.0.1FreeGPL2YesYes (pdf, selection with dvi2png)
TeXworksSourceLinux, macOS, Windows(2019-03) 0.6.3FreeGPLNoYes (pdf)
VerbosusSourceOnline, Android, iOS(2016-05-06) 4.1.3FreeProprietaryYesYes (pdf)
WinEdtSourceWindows(2018-05-07) 10.3Non-freeProprietaryYesNo
WinShellSourceWindows(2013-02-10) 3.3.2.6FreeProprietaryYesNo
NameEditing StyleNative Operating SystemsLatest stable versionCostsLicenseConfigurableIntegrated viewer
Properties of TeX editors 2
Inverse search[Note 5]DDE support[Note 6]Organises ProjectsMenu for inserting symbolsDocument comparisonSpell-checkingMultiple undo-redo
AUCTeXYesNoPartial (master file)YesYesYes[Note 7]Yes
AuthoreaYesN/AYesNoNoYesYes
Auto-Latex Equations for Google DocsYesN/AYesNoNoYesYes
CoCalcYesN/ANoNoNoYesYes
GNOME LaTeXYesN/AYesYesNoYesYes
GummiYesN/AYesNoNoYesYes
KileYesNoYesYesNoYesYes
LEdYes?YesYesNoYesYes
LyXYes?NoYesYesYesYes
MeWaNoNoNoYesNoYesYes
Notepad++Yes, with SumatraPDFYes, with a DDE clientYesPartial[Note 8]YesYesYes
OverleafYesNoYesNoYesYesYes
Scientific WorkPlaceN/A??YesNoYesNo (one level)
TexLabYesN/AYesYesNoYesYes
TeXmacsYesYesNoYesNoYesYes
TexmakerYesNoPartial (master file)YesNoYesYes
TeXnicCenterYesYesYesYesNoYesYes
TeXShopYesNoNoYes[Note 9]NoYesYes
TeXstudioYesYesPartial (master file)YesYesYesYes
TeXworksYesNoNoNoNoYes[Note 10]Yes
VerbosusNoNoYesYesNoNoYes
WinEdtYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
WinShellYesNoYesYesNoYesYes
Inverse searchDDE SupportOrganises ProjectsMenu for inserting symbolsDocument comparisonSpell-checkingMultiple undo-redo
Properties of TeX editors 3
NameCollapsible sectionsFind and replace using RegExIntelligenterror handlingAutocompletion of LaTeX commandsParenthesis matchingStarts up to previous state[Note 11]Unicode supportRTL Support[Note 12]
AUCTeXYesYesYesYesYesYes[Note 13]YesYes
AuthoreaNoYesNoNoYesYesYes?
Auto-Latex Equations for Google DocsNoYesNoNoNoYesYes?
CoCalcYesYesNoYesYesYesYes?
GNOME LaTeXPlannedYesYesYesYes(just same files)YesYes
GummiNoNoNoNoYesNoYes?
KileYes[Note 14]YesYesYesYesYesYesYes
LEdYesYes?YesYesNo (just same files)No?
LyXNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
MeWaNoYesNoNoNoNoYes?
Notepad++YesYesNoPartial[Note 15]YesYesYesYes
OverleafYesYesYesYesYesYesYes?
Scientific WorkPlaceNo??N/AYesNoYes?
TexLabNoNoYesYesYesYesYesNo
TeXmacsNoYesN/AN/AN/ANoYes?
TexmakerYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
TeXnicCentersince v2.0since v2.0YesYesYesYessince v2.0?
TeXShopNoYesYesYesYesYesYes?
TeXstudioYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
TeXworksNoYes[Note 16]NoYes[Note 17]YesNoYesYes
VerbosusNoNoYesYesYesNoYes?
WinEdtYesYes (modified)YesYesYesYesYesYes
WinShellYesYesYesYesYesNo (just same files)Yes?
NameCollapsible sectionsFind and replace using RegExIntelligenterror handlingAutocompletion of LaTeX commandsParenthesis matchingStarts up to previous state[Note 18]Unicode support RTL Support[Note 19]
Screenshots and Video Tutorials of TeX editors
EditorScreenshot
LyX
Screenshot
Texmaker
Screenshot of Texmaker version 4.5
TexLab
TeXLab Screenshot
TeXstudio
Screenshot of TeXstudio (2.12.6)
EditorScreenshot
  1. ^'Source' means you see and edit the TeX source files. 'WYSIWYM' = What You See Is What You Mean, i.e. you see and edit formatted text. WYSIWYG means that see the output file automatically updated during the edit. Note that some PDF viewers (e.g. evince) automatically reload the PDF document when it is updated on the disk. So, any 'source' TeX editor can be turned into partial WYSIWYG editor by opening such a reader in an adjacent window.
  2. ^Not a full TeX editor. Only limited to math expressions only.
  3. ^Support for non-linux systems considered experimental.
  4. ^Notepad++ can execute Tex viewers
  5. ^Inverse search means that one can locate the relevant part of the source code from the viewer (e.g., double-clicking in dvi or pdf file brings up the appropriate line/paragraph in the latex code)
  6. ^On Windows some pdf viewers like Sumatra PDF or Adobe Reader don't use command line arguments for forward search, but the editor sends the document position to them using Dynamic Data Exchange
  7. ^Requires installation of extra package.
  8. ^A plug-in is required.
  9. ^LaTeX panel & Matrix panel
  10. ^Requires installation of extra package
  11. ^Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
  12. ^RTL support means Right to Left language support.
  13. ^configurable as an option of the Emacs editor
  14. ^With usual section{} notation, Kile collapses equations and figures, but not sections. Collapsing of sections is possible with non-standard notation begin{section}{}...end{section}{}, but it eliminates sections from Structure View. An alternative possibility is bracketing sections with comments %BEGIN and %END.
  15. ^This will have to be set up manually.
  16. ^Provides a subset of the regular expression syntax implemented in the Perl scripting language, but fully supports Unicode ( ’ Issue 194: Add advanced regexp options to Find/Replace )
  17. ^Template file in resource directory ( ’ Documentation of the code completion feature )
  18. ^Starts up to previous state including the current editing point.
  19. ^RTL support means Right to Left language support.

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